July 7th, 2016 7:15 AM 4 COMMENTS

Indian telecom operators want all stakeholders under net neutrality regulations

Indian telecom operators through industry bodies COAI and AUSPI said the regulatory framework of Net Neutrality should not be limited to telecom service providers only, but apply to all other stakeholders such as website, content or applications providers and handset manufacturers. The Cellular Operators Association of India and the Association of Unified Service Providers in India (AUSPI) in their joint submission said that internet is an eco-system in itself which... Read More

July 18th, 2015 6:16 PM 12 COMMENTS

Net Neutrality: DoT panel’s recommendations bring level-play between OTT and telecom players, Telecom Minister clarifies report not final

According to a report by Economic Times (ET), Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), the industry body representing the GSM mobile companies like Airtel, Idea, Vodafone etc. welcomes the decision of telecom panel’s recommendation to bring Voice-based OTT services under regulations. "It is indeed what is required. Voice-based OTT service players should be subjected to the same regulations and licensing regime as those which have been mandated for telecom operators... Read More

June 2nd, 2015 2:11 AM 0 COMMENTS

DoT panel submits report on net neutrality to Telecom minister

DoT panel for net neutrality has submitted its report to the telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. The 6 member panel was formed in last January to formulate government's policy on net neutrality. As per reports, the committee was of view that core principles of  net neutrality must maintain and not to allow blocking, prioritization, throttling of content providers on a network. At the same time, some members of the committee were of the view that... Read More

May 22nd, 2015 3:14 PM 2 COMMENTS

Net Neutrality: CCI waits for TRAI’s recommendations to proceed, Parliamentary meeting turns dubious

Competition Commission of India (CCI) reiterates their stand to wait for the recommendations of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to scrutinize net neutrality issue, says it Chairman Ashok Chawla. According to Chawla, the issue of net neutrality is a policy issue and it is not something can be decided without understanding the stand of TRAI in the case. “The regulator has to decide first. Based on whatever happens in... Read More

May 15th, 2015 6:42 PM 0 COMMENTS

Government-appointed committee proposes a stringent law to safeguard net neutrality

Finally the matter of net neutrality has begun to near its finishing point, with the Government-appointed committee calling for a law to prohibit mobile operators from offering differential treatment and tariffs for internet-based voice calls and data surfs, as well as sponsored data like Airtel Zero and internet.org. Such differential offerings go against net neutrality, terms the committee. Government-committee’s view is sure to disappoint the telecom players. The proposed law... Read More

May 9th, 2015 4:00 PM 7 COMMENTS

Net neutrality: Telecom Operators cannot throttle, de-grade or block internet, says TRAI Chief

Telecom operators should not block, degrade or throttle the internet, said Rahul Khullar, the Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India at an event organized by O.P. Jindal University. The Chairman, who will resign from his post by the middle of the month was speaking at a debate on ‘net neutrality and the future of digital India’. He also said that the intension of organization is not to ‘police’... Read More

April 15th, 2015 10:16 PM 18 COMMENTS

Supporting net neutrality, prominent players Cleartrip, TOI and NDTV to exit Internet.org

With the rising debate on Net neutrality, internet.org, a zero-rated internet accessibility service from Facebook and Reliance is losing its supporters. Internet.org, which is currently available to Reliance Communication customers was offering free access to 37 services including prominent online players like Cleartrip, NDTV and Times Group. Today, the leading online travel agency Cleartrip withdrew its participation stating that it stands up for Net Neutrality. Soon after, Times Group came... Read More

April 13th, 2015 11:50 PM 4 COMMENTS

Net Neutrality report by Telecom Ministry on May 9

The debates on Airtel Zero is expanding to new heights. The Government has set up an expert panel to examine the issue of ‘Net Neutrality’, which will release its findings on 9th May. According to Telecom Minister Ravi Sankar Prasad, a committee comprising of the senior government official was already formed in January to study on net neutrality. “Way back in January itself, I have also constituted a committee headed... Read More

January 18th, 2015 10:48 AM 29 COMMENTS

Net Neutrality – The Concept and its Importance in the Indian Context

SYAM (an imaginary Indian Character) read the news about the recent NET NEUTRALITY Debate in India and seeing his anger his friend Ram became curious about what this is all about. Ram: What is net neutrality? Syam: The term implies that all traffic on the Internet has to be treated equally by ISPs (Internet Service Providers). This is why today we pay for only the data that we consume and not... Read More

January 17th, 2015 12:00 PM 29 COMMENTS

Department of Telecommunications forms internal committee to formulate policy on net neutrality

The Department of Telecom (DoT) has constituted an internal committee to formulate a policy on net neutrality issue. The six-member committee will be headed by A K Bhargava, Member (Technology) and will examine the issue of net neutrality from a public policy perspective. The committee will analyse advantages and disadvantages of net neutrality and examine the economic impact of a regulated telecom service sector and unregulated applications and content on... Read More

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